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Show PAGE FOUR ' THE PRES8-BUIXETI-y . V "; - --- '.. v " 7- Mmmmnmwmnmwammmmmm M.m fffr , asii'raaryj 1 Major General Brancker of the British air force, who is in America to arrange for transatlantic airplane flights. 2 Two corps of Czecho-SIova- k troops arriving in Vladivostok on their way to France to help the allies. 8 Italian and French officers at Lake Garda looking over the region whore It was believed the Austrians might resume their attack. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK . Italians Convert the Austrian Drive Into a Defeat and a ; I Disastrous Rout. ' ENEMY LOSSES ARE 250,003 Germans Are Ready to Resume Offen-sive on West Front, but Allies Confl-- ; dent Von Kuehlmann's Peace Talk a Fizzle Baker Asks Postponement cf Draft Limit Change. ' I By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The grund offensive of the Austrians s In Italy, a failure almost from the start, developed Into a defeat,' and then suddenly into a disastrous rout lust week. The hungry armies of Km-per- Charles, unable . to advance against the gallant llulinns and their ' ' allies, took advantage of the sudden ' subsidence of the flood in the 1'hive ' . to retreat tinder cover of darkness, but flie dawn of Sunday revealed their movements and General Ifhiz struck swiftly. From the Montello to the sea the Itallun artillery poured a murder-ous Are into the throngs of Austrians who," abandoning their guns, were try-ing to get across the river. Then the Infantry, and even the cuvalry men, were called into action and Kpecdlly completed the rout. The Have was aUiuost choked with the enemy's dead. Within two days the Austrians had Xhtt only lost nil the ground they Kalned In their first rush, but hud been driven entirely geross the river i to nnd In some cases beyond their for mer lines. Their losses were con-servatively estimated at "(l.txiO In killed, wounded and prisoners. In ad-dition the Italian captured great num-bers of guns ami quantities of mun-itions and equipment. The Austrian rear guards fought most stubbornly at the Montello and , at the Zeiison bend, those ut the latter ;.v,.,e ;.Ytv rtii.tf 'iii.' two remaining .permanent bridges between there and The inoulh l the river. The enemy (fluttered severely from the work of ;the allied air forces nnd In this the new American avlutors were con-spicuous. : All Italy celebrated the great vic-tory and the overenthuslastlc, there as elsewhere, expected the Italian !army to follow It up by driving the Austrians out of the country. Put General IMua Is too wise to firil Into a rtrap similar to the one that caught ;t!ie enemy. The Austrians have ben there long enough to have organized a rvery utrong defensive line, and more-iove- r, the Germans were rushing troope jto their support all last week. Dlas jdld not fnil to follow up hJs advan-tage la the mountain region, however, r It li there that the next attack U expected. Ills troop Improved their positions ery cotudderuWy, especial-ly at Monte Grappa the height that Is the key to the passage down to the 'plains between the Brenta and the JPiave. troops necessary to suppress any up-risings. Putting Austria out of the war is not yet the way to a general peace. N German military leaders were re-ported very much disgusted with the failure of their Austrian allies, nnd It la believed they will now try their hand again on the west' front in France or Flanders. Their arrange-ments for a resumption of the offen- - slve were said Inst week to be about completed, and a great increase in the activity In the air heralded n new j drive. Put the comparative cajm of j several weeks had enabled the allies also to prepare, and their command-ers expressed the utmost confidence In their ability to stoii the Huns again, wherever they might elect to attack. Early In the week the American gov- - j eminent let It be known that, there j were then In France 1X10,000 Ainerl- - cans, of whom C.")O,0(K were combat- - j nnts, and that by July 1 the number would be l.(KMl.(K)0. These men are j being put Into the front lines with ex- - trnordinary rapidity, and are now holding sectors of varying length in at leust six places. j . The , Americans in the Chateau Thierry region were the heroes of the ' main operation on the west front last week. Finding the Germans had es-tablished muehlne-'i- nests in a cor-ner of r.elleau wood, they rudied them out completely In n swift nnd brilliant night action, and then went on to elenn up an enemy stronghold south of the village of Torcy. This' re-quired seven hours of fierce (llitlng. but ut the end of that time the Amer-icans were in undisputed possession of 1he objective, a wooded hill which commands the German positions la either direction. They had killed some 7CO Huns and captured several hun-dred more, iin lud'iig a dozen officers. The work of ,he uitlllery in this was reiiuil Ui'.ble. The losses of tlic'Ainei ieanH were not out of pro-orlio- i) to the importance of the rc- - MiltS. fl As usual after a big offensive, Ger-many put fonh another peace feeler, tin,;! without waiting for the full niet;si!iv of Austria's failure to de-velop. This time Ii Von Kuehituanii, ti eretary of foreign affairs, wus the mouthpiece. His address in the relchs- - tug not only was received with scorn 'by the allies, but served to arouse the anger of most of his own countrymeu, for two reasons. First, he udmitted that the central powers no longer had a chance to Vin victory by force alone; second, he declared tluit Russia ws chiefly to blame for the war, and that France and Kngland were next In order of culpability. So far as war alias and peace offers were concerned he said nothing uew. The reichstag beard his address in, gloomy silence and then the iwrty leaders attacked It bitterly. It was reported Thursday, that Dr. Von Kuehlmann was about to resign. He might be given a Job as court Jester In view of his statement that 'a prelim! uory condition of the exchange ot peace vlewe "most be a certain degree of mutual confidence In each iher' honesty and chivalry." The honesty and chivalry of Germany lie at th bottom of the ocean with the Lusltanla, in the ruins of ravished Belgium and In the wreckage of bombed Red Cross hospital. aid Kussla and rid her of her Teuton conquerors. President Wilson de-clared himself for peaceful, not force-ful Intervention, and it is probable a commission of distinguished men, per-haps Including representatives of all the allied nations, will be sent with offers of assistance and powers to ar-range a plan of Keren-sky- , who appeared unexpectedly in London on his way to America, is con-fident Russia will soon rejoin In the fight against the central powers. He and other Russian leaders, however, agree that the country will not toier-ut- e foreign intervention In its Internal affairs. It Is economical and llnimcial aid that Russlu ueeds, and .needs at once. The Germans In southern Russia are making their 'way toward Smo-lensk, probably en route to Moscow, despite the protests of the bolshevik foreign minister. They also liave landed a strong force at Potl, ou lite eastern coast of the Pluck sea. . ' In eastern Siberia General Semenoff and lils k army, after having been driven across the Miin-churl-border, are again advancing because the forces opposing them 'Were ordered to the protection of 'Irkutsk. Germany Is now receiving some food supplies from Ukraine, but these are .mostly front the German army which buys litem from the 'peasants at exorbitant prices. PU Secretary of War Raker seemingly changed his mind suddenly about ex-tending the draft age limits, for last week he anil General March, chief of staff, appeared before the senate com-mittee and agreed in urging that leg-islation to that end be postponed until the fall. At that time, they said, the war dcparttmtit would be able to sub-mit a vast pivp'nm for army enlarge-ment, iid would know how, many sol-diers could be transported overseas and how far It would be necessary to extend the draft to obtain the num-ber of men ri (iiii'eii. Provost Marshal General (Yowcier said he still believed immediate action necessary, but be-ing only a subordinate, he Itcwed to the decision of his superiors. The Senate committee, which bad agreed on twenty to forty years as the uew draft limits, voted to defer action. This provoked a storm of protest In congress, chiefly from Republican leaders who declared the delay was another evidence of the administra-tion's procrastination and devotion to unpreparedin'ss. The Democrats prom-ised action in September and said there were enough men in class 1 to meet all requirements until then. To show that there Is no need for linuie dinte action Senator Hitchcock said: "The Information given to the com-mittee Is, In substance, this: That when we have vxbausted all available men in claa 1 of the present draft we will have an army of 3,300.000 men in August. In addition, there will be about 140,000 Canadians that we will brine Into the army 88 the result of the Treaty Just ratlfled, so that we will then have ao army of 3,4.r0,000 men. Now, the --highest estimate of the num-ber of men we can have In France at that time is L4S0.0O0, so that u mill have In this country when this con- -' grew reconvenes after Its proposed re-cess In September over 2K,000 men." PH On Thursday the drtwrtng of num-bers to determine the order In which youlhs of the ckiss of 1918, about 744,-PO- O In number, shall be called to the colors was conducted In the senate of-fice building, with much of the cere-mony that marked the first drawing ft year ago. Secretary Baker, bllndfold-e- r, drew out the first capsule, with the ntimber 2H5 Inclosed. It was neces-sary to draw only 1,200 numbers. The new registrants will be placed at' the foot of the lists In the clusses to which they are assigned by their boards, 4 The senate agricultural committee, disregarding the advice of many prom-inent persons, adopted the amendment to the $ 11,0M),ix)0 emergency agricul-tural bill providing for national pro-hibition after June 30, 1019. and dur-ing the continuance of the war. - On Monday the house passed the $.BO0,OOO,Oi fortiflcntinns bill, and the senate passed the $3.300,(MK,(tO sundry civil bill containing about more for the shipping pro-gram. i The crushing defeat of the Aus-trians had an enormous moral effect In all the belligerent countries. The news caused a profound depression In . Y'UK'rta i""1 Germany that was contrasted by the Jubilation In the al-lied nations. Italy said thut all it now asks Is the presence of Ameri-can troops on its front, and these, presumably, are on the way If not . already there. In the dual monarchy the disaster on the Piave only accentuated the serious Internal conditions, further encouraging the rebellious Czechs and Slovaks and Slavs, and Increasing the general demand for food and peace. The government has neither the one nor the other to offer, for both are under the control of Germany. The spirit of revolution Is rife In Austrla-llungar- y, but a note of warning Is sounded by French statesmen, who de-clare that the allies must not count on the success of a rebellion there. The disaffected peoples are separate and without competent leadership and Austria's ollies could easily lend the Russia came to the front again last week In a sensational way. First was the news, first denied and then con-firmed, that Nicholas, the former czar, had been killed by the bolshevikl at Ekaterinburg. One story Bald he was assassinated by soviet troops during their retreat to that city. Another re-port was that the bolshevik authorities there had convicted him after a short trial, condemned him to death and shut hi in. Then word came from Moscow that Grand Iuke Michael Alexandrovlteh, a younger brother of the deposed ruler, had put himself at the head of he new Siberian government and n manifesto to the Russian peo-ple. The Czecho-SIova- k army In la was reported to hnve taken Irkutsk and to be fighting la Kknterln-'ur- g, and, what Is more remarkable, it I Si said to be commanded by General Alexleff, former Russian commander chief. Meanwhile, the allies have been try-'."- 2 to determine what they can do to BEHTLEK VJRITES FROMFRAHCE Professor W. H. Boyle of the Uni-versity received the following letter from Edward W. Bentley who is a member of the First Aircraft Brigade in France: Dear Brother Boyle: Just a line to let you know I am still alive and after Fritz, as you say, most every day now. We have sent thousands of dollars worth of steel and shrapnel at Fritz and not without success. ' Fritz is In for a good beat-ing He is going to get his reward in a way that he will, never forget. Ho is at present just throwing the lives of his soldiers away In hi mad desire to win. He is beating his st a wall of wiry steel and knocking himself weak. Next year will bo worse for him than this, and the next year he will wonder why he ever started this fearful war. Yes, I think it will take a long time to straighten out this shameful affair. As often as I can get reading material I read and study the views of the people and find the majority expect an early peace. I hope they are right, but to me this looks like years and I say it with all cheerfulness and hope. We have a mighty Job and we must have a mighty army. Once set all the machinery of that combine army in action and watclf Fritz go. All we need is courage and patience. Our day is coming and the Kaiser must go. Edwin Baird is only a few kilomet-ers from me at an aviation post. I haven't seen him but he sent his ad-dress to me by a member of my com-pany and invited me to call at the hangars and see him.' If I get an op-portunity I am going down. I am go-ing to write him in a day or two. This is a beautiful strip of country. Cherries are ripe. The meadows are ' being mowed by the old fashioned j icytbe. How crude and clumsy are the farming tools. No machinery or , mechanical means for rapidly harvest- - j ing the ripening crops. I saw as good j tools along the Mexican border used j by those lazy and dirty half breed "That is why this war has last-- ! od so Ions? because so much man ' power is being used to do what mach-ines could do in half the time. ' I have seen air battles, airplanes and balloons shot down. I have heard Machine puns speak the'r tale " of death. I have heard the lines of artil-- j lery open up and send over'their bar-'ap- I know what it is to have shoHs burst all around me. I send my love to your family,' and j accept the wmc yourself. iFDWARD W. BKXTCEY. Headquarters and Sup. Company, I FIr?t Anti Aircra't Ru. (C. and .) A. E. P. France, Via New York. 1UH COUNTY GETS ONLY SUGAR FACTORY BUILT THIS YEAR ' Tho Springville-tMapleto- n ; Sugar Company's factory, situated about a mile south of Springvllle ta being pushed rapidly to completion, and will be ready for operation in ample time to handle this season's crop f beeta. According to George B. Bush-b- y, the superintendent 0f construc-tion for the sugar company it will be the only new factory erected in the United States this year. Two in the state of Washington and one at Jtig-b- Idaho,-- have been delayed in con-struction on account of the lmtfpssl-- bility of having orders for machin- - A ery filled. " Mr. Bushby is a veteran sugar t&o tory man and was with the Dyer Conv pany which has the contract for the factory, when the Lehi factory, the first in the state, was built by the Dyers. The Dyer Company also has the contract for the SpringvillenMa-- , pleton Company, and M. D. Gilman 't Is the company's representative In i charge of the work. Ground was broken for the factory March ilO, and by August 1 all of the machinery will be placed and cover- - j ed m; it will then take about one ' month to finish the floors and other parts of the building and by Septem- - ber 15 it is expected all the machin- - ery will be tried out and the factory ready for operation, and beets will j probably begin to be delivered, al-though it is not expected the de-livery will be heavy until about Oc-tober 1. . i There are a hundred and fifty men employed and the work Is moving j along smoothly although some incon-- venienees have bewi caused by some of the experienced workmen being drafted. The factory will have a ca-pacity of 3o(t tons of beets and addi-tions can be made, when it becomes nec.'i.fary to handle an increased acreage. The operating facilities will be the best of any factory in the ' country as all the conditions which j experience has shown to be advan-tages will be applied which will tend to reduce operating costs. Water will be piped about a mile from the big hollow in Msplotnn and will be carried to the top" of the fac-tory by gravity; 2 OuO.OOO gallons will be required dally. The owners of the factory mainly local people. Jesse Knight aiW prominent Springvtlle and Mapleton men holding the stock. In fact, it is a beet growers factory, the farmers I who raise the beets being largely in-- j tercsted, and through their desire and determination 'to own a factory and the corporation of II. T. Reynolds. i j.M . O. PaeftanI .and other Springvllle-- j bui.:res rani, and later thatcf ' Jesse Knight and apsociafos wa.slfii-- " li t.:d with the result that the 'ftfg enterprise is practically an assured j success. The factory will cost about $S0O,t)O0. ' i The fanners expect to have no trouble to supply the factory with ' bets, as much new land in the Ma-- ; pleton district, which will be irrieat--! cd from the Strawberry Valley Re-clamation Project Canal is to he brought under cultivation, and lnrge , areas of swamp lands west of S 4-- ng- - ' j vlllo, will be drained and devoted to I beet culture, in addition to ti e big l acreage around Springviild and j Mapleton on which beets have been i grown for years. UTAH IHOUSTRIAL' REVIEW ' Ggden Approximately 57,300 acres of sugar beets are being grown this year under contracts of the Amalga-mated Sugar Company In Utah and Idaho. Activity In Uinta Basin is reported increasing. Shale and oil sand plants are to be erected and drilling to be conducted. Ogden Rebuilding of Huntsville road is to start soon. ' Mining, c41 and water power devel-opment are three of the west's great industries on which the nation abso-lutely depends in its hour of need and should receive every encourage-ment at hand of our legislature. Salt 'Lake Work of fostering sug-ar beet production in Utah is being undertaken In earnest this year by various sugar companies of state in with the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural College and County Farm Bureau. Plantings are being made in 46 localities and hope is to rival shgar beet seed industry of Idaho. Ogden Construction work on the new milling plant to start soon. To include an elevator made up of twen-ty concrete tanks with a capacity of 500,000 bushels, a four story ware-house and a six story mill, the whole to cost about $750,000. Salt lLake iPark City mines ship 1100,000 ore a week. Salt iLake iBuilding the new road to Rangely oil field and the big drill-ing rig is being moved in. . Salt 'Lake Stress is being placed upon a matter of siloing beet tops by the Utah-Idah- o Sugar Company. It is hoped that many of the beet grow-ers will silo tops from this, year's beet crop, to be fed to cattle during win-- i ter months. Orangeville lEphraim highway, iZ. miles long, is to be completed this year. Cost estimated at $150,000. Utility companies in .ill parts of the country are Being granted rate in-- ! crease to enable them to meet abnor-mal costs of operation and maintain efficient service so necessary to our industrial system. Salt Lake .Price Con., will soon complete a new shaft. Hoisting of ore from triple conipartmert is to begin this month. Salt Lake 'Sugar Beet crop in Utah Is in good condition. There has been ferae , Suit Lake Rails for the new Utah rnad now being purchased. It Is to be built between Lund and Cedar City. Milford A company is incorporat-ed for oil developing in Millard County Ogden $1T),00 worth of ments at the plant of the Utah Can-Inln- g Company, is being completed. Salt Lake A shortage of sulphur, an essential in the production of nitions. may mean the opening of sul-- phur dPposlts in Utah and Wyoming' and cause the establishment cf a war industry in Utah. L'rieh-in- i City $22,600 rent net was ewarded for the construction of water works here. Anx-ricHi- ! Fork mines and prospects are pushing new work The ' South Park mine will start shipping high grt'dp ore, containing copper, It-- silver and gold, assaying $25.0 a ton. With low price for copper and the greatly increased freight rates. Utah chapter of American mining congress fears curtailment of the output of low grade mines woich will hinder operation of smelters and thus duce the output. Salt Lake April production of Utah Copper Company shows 16.0n,-8S;- ; pounds compared with 16,330,000 In March. Park City Ore shipped from here on both railroads in January, Febru-ary, March and April, 1917, aggregat-ed 34,081 tons. This year shipments rmounted to 40,5;:?. Production by the mima of Tono-pa- h the past week totaled 10,279 tons valued at $174,713. Salt Lake War garden crops In Fait Lake this year are expected to total in value more than $1,000,000 more than triple the sura obtained from last year's crops. Sugar today is one of the lowest price food commodities' and In spite of the campaign against sugar beet raising carried on by agitators, sugar factories have struggled to maintain tonnage. Salt Lake The Rochester mines ship $21,000 ore, covering production for the last half of May. Salt iLake The new working shaft at Silver Shield Is now enUrely tim-ber and work will be started on two different places from the main tunnel level where good air now prevails It is expected to start breaking ore at once on the back vein. With an average Increased produc- - J tlon of 60 per cent in all livestock for last year, and the probability that the . j Increase will be nearly as much this year. A REAL PREPAREDNESS "PILL" ! By J. P. McEvoy I differ with the prophet who declares we're on the bum. That when it comes to fighting we're the residue and scum; We may not have a navy that amounts to thirty cents, Our army may be full of prunes and apertures and vents, M)ut what care we or armies, or for navies, or for guns? For ammunition, strategy, or even sturdy sons? No enemy would dare to harm our humble habitats, , We'd tell our William Farnurn, end he'd kick 'em In the slats. j ' For have you seen our Farnum slap : an engine off the track? ; And chase a mob to helangon and i sometimes half way back? And have you seen him stand a k'ng j upon his royal ear? J And beat a faithful army to a palpl- - I tating smear? i How gracefully he hits a big gazabo on the nose, And presto, undertakers and some flowers and repose! So do not fear the English, or the I "Uerman, or the Jap, Just notify Bill Farnum and he'll chase 'em off the map. Then let us offer up our thanks that I this Is even thus; 'Lets manic a kindly Providence for I taking care of us. For handing us a Farnum to protect our kith and kin A Farnum who can give the foe a swift one on the chin; For should a foreign country grow pernicklty or raw, Wc 11 laugh our girlish tee hee hee, . and likewise haw haw haw: Have we not William Farnum to de-fend the mountain pass? J We have, and William Farnum, girls, i can run 'em out of gas. j SIXTEEN KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION J Syracuse, N. Y July 2. At least ;j sixteen persons were killed mid two hundred Injured and the huge plant of the Semet Solvay Company at . Split Rock, near here, virtually de- - Etroyed by two explosions of trinit- - ! rotoluol at 9:30 o'clock tonight. Terrific concussions from the ex- - j plosions of the war powder rocked large business buildings in the cen- - ter of this city, smashed plate glass ' windows and caused a panic In the j residential district. i At a late hour tonight the flames were burning fierce) and there was , constant danger of more explosions. Volunteer firemen were powerless, Aid was sent from Syracuse, but at midnight the water system broke down. - j Five hundred workers were In the plant when the fflre broke out. its ' origin has not been ascertained Tha . c workers fought the flames and when they ran to safety were caught in the first explosion. IIIBIKIBIIIIIIUIMIIIIIIIIIIIIISBIIBIIIISIIIIIIIIIE The Best in Sweets J S ' S When you want the Very Best Candy made by an expert g 3 who knows just what to use to give it a Perfect Taste and 5 Flavor, call at our store. We have a Great Variety of 5 5 Candies made in our own factory. It is Fresh, Clean, Sani- - S " tary and Wholesome. Try it once and you will want more. S 3 We use the best materials and serve you the Best Goods. S S We serve All Kinds of Soft Drinks and All Kinds of Soda S Fountain Specials and Fancy Dishes. You will find ' our store a deightlful place to spend some of your leisure tipe. lt We invite you to call and assure you of the mostcourteous p treatment m 'IB Royal Candy Co. j 3 Remember Our Store Closes At 10 O'clock, and It Will Be S 3 Necessary For You To Call Before That Hour 5 IIIIlIXIEIIICIIZSIIIIEBIXSZZIICXZBSISZIZElIISBIISlfli r t . SPRINGV1LLE CHILD KILLED ! Ill AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT j About noon Monday an automobile I accident occurred on the County road J near the infirmary, by which a two- - i year-ol- son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Child, of Springvllle, lost his life J ' Mrs. Child and children were coming I to Provo In a car driven by Mrs. J j Child. A bee or some other Insect at-- , i j tacked the little boy and the mother I tried to drive it away, in so doing she J lost control of the car which tipped I over. l .Leo W. iMadsen. of the Ford Auto j Company of Provo, came to the as-- I slstance of .Mrs. Child and picked the j little boy up and took him to Spring- - i ville, where lie died from his injuries J soon after arriving at the Child home. None of the other occupants of the 1 car were seriously hurt; the car was J badly damaged. ! |